STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An alleged
Staten Island mobster penned a jailhouse letter to a judge claiming his violent
rants are therapeutic, according to a report in the New York Post.

Great Kills resident Anthony
(Skinny) Santoro, who is locked up on enterprise-corruption, loansharking and
gambling charges, says in the note that the prosecution is making him out to be
violent and he's not guilty of enterprise-corruption but would gladly plea to a
lesser charge, the article states.

"Your Honor the fact is I do
talk a bit crazy, even stupidly at times, it's how I ventilate [sic] my
feelings in private, it's a therapeutic technique I've learned that it keeps me
from acting out in a negative way, as we all know, they're only feelings and
they go away, just check Psychology 101..Since when is talking about your
feelings a crime?" the 52-year-old wrote in the letter obtained by the
Post.

Santoro was part of the nine-man
Bonanno-family crew that allegedly ran an off-shore gambling operation, engaged
in loansharking and sold drugs.

The prosecution, according to the
report, offered Santoro a plea deal of 9-18 years in prison